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Chapter 355 A scapegoat?
Speaking of the inscription, Li Zhao suddenly became interested. He didn't think about it at all before, but now that the thought appeared, he started to get out of control.

"I thought of another good way. If we do that, we can not only compensate him, but also show great sincerity." Li Zhao said.

But Li Xu was also worried that his younger brother would come up with some other method similar to sending a scapegoat, so he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Li Zhao was full of confidence at this time: "I plan to write a plaque for him. They seem to be planning to re-hang the signboard recently, but they don't know anyone who can write well, and I think they mean that they don't want to bother Fu. new."

"It is indeed possible." Li Xu nodded. His second brother may not be very good at other aspects, but his writing is still pretty good.

But as soon as his words fell, the Minister of Rites suddenly spoke. Although they had been discussing the reform of the criminal law in Daxia before, it was time to rest while eating. Listening to the conversation between the two siblings , They also started the mode of eating melons.

But upon hearing this, Minister of Rites suddenly had an idea in his mind.

As the minister of the Ministry of Rites, he is in charge of Yiying's ritual system and some propaganda work about Daxia, the emperor, and the court.

"Your Majesty, I do have a suggestion."

The Minister of Rites suddenly stood up, which made Li Zhao a little curious, thinking what does it have to do with you?
But he is also an important minister of the court, since he came out to say it, Li Zhao couldn't say anything more, Li Xu looked at the Minister of Rites curiously: "What suggestion? I love you, but it's okay to say it."

"Your Majesty, just now, Caichen understood the whole story. It was Prince Jing who brought the snacks back from a dim sum shop. The people in that dim sum shop didn't know the identity of Prince Jing, so they wanted to make friends with Prince Jing. But now Prince Jing doesn't want to ask for snacks from friends for nothing, so he wants to give some gifts in exchange."

"In this case, why don't you ask your majesty to inscribe this word? I see that your majesty also likes eating this snack, and if your majesty writes this signboard and publicizes it when the time comes, wouldn't it be a good story?"

Several other ministers nodded after listening!

They also thought of such a story in their minds, the prince made friends with a commoner outside, and wanted to give him a plaque, but suffered from his poor handwriting, so he returned to the palace and begged His Majesty to write a plaque and send it over.

In this way, not only will the other party's kindness be repaid, but also the identity of Prince Jing will not be taken advantage of by the people, and it will also show His Majesty's generosity and benevolence.

This is undoubtedly a very good influence on the atmosphere of Daxia.

Seeing that other people agreed with him, the Minister of Rites continued: "And there should be no problem with this person's identity. After all, Prince Jing has already met him twice, and he talked with him all morning. The number one scholar, Fu Xin, is also good friends with him. , at least you won’t do some messy things with that plaque.”

As soon as Li Zhao heard this plan, although he still wanted to write it himself, he had to admit that this method was indeed good.

"Your Majesty, why don't you write it."

Li Xu has only been emperor for a few years now, although under her rule the country is still prosperous and the people are peaceful, but there are always some voices who will say how it is for a woman to be emperor.

So every time they have this kind of opportunity, they will still do some publicity work to make Li Xu's impression deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But this time is still a little different. The previous ones were a stone ox dug out of some kind of river, with the words Great Fortune of the Great Xia on it.

Either there will be animals vomit at night in various places, saying that the queen of Daxia is originally a goddess from heaven, or a piece of farmland somewhere was cut off suddenly at night, and in the morning people stand on a high place and look at it, and there is nothing left in the field. The appearance below is the appearance of the Empress Daxia today.

But now there is not much publicity about this kind of civil affairs.

In the end, Li Xu agreed.

"How do you want to write their signboard?" Li Xu asked.

"Lu Wanxing dim sum shop, there are a pair of sisters and brothers in that shop. The elder sister has been operating in the capital for many years, and the younger brother just came to the capital a few days ago. He has been in Yangzhou before, and Lu Wanxing is the elder sister's father. name."

Li Xu nodded.

Someone grinds the ink, fills up the ink with a brush, spreads out a piece of paper, and then splashes the ink with a pen, and writes "Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop" on the paper in a smooth manner!
"Good character!" Li Zhao couldn't help but nodded in admiration when he saw this word. Apart from being slightly inferior in martial arts, he didn't feel that Huang Jie had any other weaknesses.

That's why he had been convinced by Li Xu since he was a child. Even when Li Xu became the emperor, and the other princes wanted to rebel, he would stand by Li Xu's side unswervingly, even if there were more people on the other side...

"Then I will use this character to find a craftsman to make a plaque!"

"Okay, let's go."

After the word was dry on the paper, Li Zhao carefully rolled it up, and then glanced at the Minister of Rites again: "Master Jiang, the follow-up matters will be left to you."

"Prince Jing, don't worry, I will definitely do this matter perfectly."

In a blink of an eye, Li Zhao's compensation to Chen Nian has become the emperor's imperial pen.

What was originally an exchange between ordinary friends has also become a political interest.

Chen Nian, who was far away in Fuchunfang, didn't know this, but he was just as happy, because he could finally learn to make sour plum soup!

Although there are many kinds of dim sum in the store, Lu Ke soon discovered that those dim sum can be made after looking at them for a long time. According to this progress, it is estimated that it will take less than half a month for aging to completely take over his job.

And Chen Nian also said that he wanted to research more new-style pastries to sell in the store, so after thinking about it, Lu Ke decided to teach Chen Nian how to make sour plum soup first.

I didn't expect this sour plum soup to come so fast!

And now Chen Nian was going to deliver snacks to Hai Mingxian, at this moment he suddenly felt that if he hadn't agreed to this guy in the morning, he would have to deliver it, but it happened to be at this juncture.

But it has already been agreed, Chen Nian still has to make this trip.

There are more than 40 kinds of snacks on sale in the store, and Mr. Hai costs one catty for each of them, which adds up to forty catties, so you have to pick a pole to carry it, or you can hold it with your hands. I can't carry it, but I have to walk such a long way, and when I walk over with those pastries, my arm will be crippled.

Fortunately, there are poles in the store, and some soft cloths are placed inside, and the harder snacks are placed on the bottom, while the softer ones are placed on top to avoid crushing.

After it was all installed, it was covered with a thick soft cloth, and then he carried the pole and headed towards Mr. Hai's house.

There are not a few people like Chen Nian walking on the streets of Chang'an City carrying poles, but most of them are Yaren, that is, people like Zhang Fugui in Yangzhou, wandering the streets and alleys all day long, selling things Variety.

It's true, Chen Nian only found out later that Mr. Hai Mingxian's family was also an official, and his father was the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

The minister of the Ministry of Rites was also a dignified second rank in the Great Xia Dynasty, and he belonged to an important minister of the court.

Thinking like this, Chen Nian came all the way to Haifu, but from the outside courtyard wall, the specification is much higher than that of Fu Xin!

Not only in terms of the height of the wall, but also the decorations on the wall and the grandeur of the gate, Fu Xin's house is far inferior.

However, there is actually nothing comparable between the two. Fu Xin just won the first prize in the examination, and now he is doing editing work in the Imperial Academy. Copying documents and recording the emperor's daily life and some affairs that happened in the court.

Therefore, the rank alone is quite different, so the etiquette system is naturally different.

But in comparison, Fu Xin is much better than other Jinshis other than the top three. Although they may be directly assigned to the local area to be a county magistrate who can hold real power, but that is only now, maybe when Fu Xin is promoted to the first rank Second grade, those people are still working as county magistrates.

This is the number one scholar in the college entrance examination of this era!

While thinking about Chen Nian, he went to the front door and said that he was here to deliver snacks, and then skillfully went to the side and waited for someone to open the door.

Although now I can go to Fu Xin's mansion by the main entrance, but after all, this is the mansion of a second-rank official, it is better to honestly go to the wrong entrance.

Not long after, someone came to open the door and took Chen Nian in, but after entering the door, Chen Nian was not taken directly to the kitchen, but was led towards the back garden by the servants of the mansion.

This made Chen Nian feel a little strange, thinking that you don't need to put these snacks on a plate, wouldn't it be too hasty to just take them out like this?
In this way, I came to the garden. The scenery here is not bad, and besides the scenery, there are more than a dozen people in various clothes sitting there, making some hearty laughter from time to time.

But their overall temperament still gives people the feeling of a gathering of scholars.

"Hey, these young people, wouldn't it be good if you have time to read more books? If you insist on doing these things, now you are only relying on the shadow of your parents. If you are promising yourself, wouldn't it be good to be the official generation?"

While thinking this way, Chen Nian sighed.

But right now these people are all potential customers, so Chen Nian didn't show those unnecessary expressions on his face.

"If you want me to say, Prince Jing of the court is the one who is extremely talented among his peers. Among other things, just the handwriting he wrote, even some adults in the court will admire it." While walking there, Chen Nian suddenly heard Mr. Hai say.

"That's right, but our new champion in the Great Xia Dynasty is also good, at least he looks dignified on the outside, and I heard that during the palace examination, he answered all the questions fluently, which is very appreciated by His Majesty."

"Fu Xin?" Suddenly came a voice that seemed unfriendly, "Not bad, not bad, but I think this person is not very good, and he is a bit stupid, like a book bag that only knows how to read."

"Why did you say that?" Someone next to him asked.

"I also specifically inquired that our No. [-] Scholar was indeed from a poor family. It can only be said that he was poor, not even a poor family. Later, for some reason, he seemed to live in a tofu seller's family. He eats other people's money and uses other people's money all day long, while he himself sells calligraphy for a living, but later he was able to pass all the way and win the first prize in the imperial examination.

Let me tell you, there should be an element of luck in this, otherwise some of the candidates in the same year read more books than him, why didn't they pass the exam? "

"Besides, after winning the first prize, he was supposed to go straight to the top. Whether he married the princess of the emperor's family or the daughter of the court minister's family, he would be able to keep his career in the officialdom in the future, but he went back. A trip to Yangzhou, bringing an actor back, is really an insult to gentleness!"

The more the man talked, the more enthusiastic he was, but the more Mr. Hai listened, the more he felt uncomfortable.

Because Hai Mingxian felt that since he was admitted to the first prize, he must have real skills, and Fu Xin's character of daring to love and hate is also very admirable. Fu Xin resolutely rejected the olive branches thrown by countless wealthy families and returned Yangzhou married the actor with whom he swore forever, isn't it just a copy of the widow Lu Ke whom he has taken a fancy to?
And he also knows the relationship between Fu Xin and Chen Nian. If he said bad things about Fu Xin to the other party out of face today, wouldn't it mean that Chen Nian was offended, and Chen Nian also offended himself and Lu Ke? Wouldn't it be cool?
Not to mention that Fu Xin and Chen Nian seem to have some connection with Prince Jing, after all, he heard Prince Jing say that Chen Nian is his friend this morning.

Thinking of this, he didn't intend to remain silent: "Brother Qian, every candidate who can pass the exam has real skills, so how can you talk about luck? You can't just say that others passed the exam because you didn't pass the exam. "

Of course, he said it in a joking tone when he spoke. The other party's family is also an official, and he didn't want to offend the other party too much. Anyway, he was just joking like this, and he passed it if he could.

However, the scholar known as Brother Qian couldn't sit still when he heard that Hai Mingxian had lost face in front of so many people. Qian's scholar had no choice but to give up.

At this time, Chen Nian came to the neighborhood with a pole under the leadership of his servants.

"Master Hai's snacks are here!" The servant said towards the inside, and Hai Mingxian immediately looked over, and it was his instruction to bring Chen Nian here.

The purpose is to let Chen Nianlu show his face, to impress everyone, and also to promote the dim sum shop.

But he didn't expect Chen Nian to appear at this juncture, and he couldn't help feeling grateful that he had said those words just now, and maybe Chen Nian would pass them on when he went back, so as to give himself a wave of goodwill.

"Come here, dear friends, come to have some dim sum. I bought this dim sum on a special trip. The dim sum in this shop is really delicious!"

At this time, Chen Nian also came to the front, and under the greeting of Hai Mingxian, he took out the snacks from the pole one by one and put them on the table.

But just as he was about to open it, the eccentric Fu Xin scholar said again: "Everyone, it's boring to eat snacks like this. Otherwise, how about we play some games?"

"What kind of game? Does any of you have any good ideas?" Hai Mingxian asked with a smile.

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